Grass
Forage quality: Silage protein and ME values at worryingly low levels
A 2021 grass silage analysis survey carried out by Alltech has confirmed that forage quality is at worryingly low levels...
Grass
A 2021 grass silage analysis survey carried out by Alltech has confirmed that forage quality is at worryingly low levels...
Dairy Technical
Silage quality is extremely important on farms that operate a winter milking system, with extra concentrates required if silage is...
Dairy Technical
Grass is key to Ireland’s agricultural production model, with grazed grass used to feed our livestock during the grazing season...
Dairy Technical
Soil contamination is something that is not often talked about, but it can have negative impacts on forage intakes and...
Dairy Technical
The focus on many farms for the last number of weeks was to get first-cut silage cut and into pits,...
Grass
Wilting is one of the most important steps when making high quality silage – wilting increases the dry matter (DM)...
Dairy Technical
No matter what system is operated on farm, making high quality silage offers many benefits to farmers. In a recent...
Dairy Technical
Last week saw the start of the silage season beginning on many farms across the country and many farmers are...
Green Acres
In the next section of the virtual farm walk hosted on the farm of Jarlath and Austin Ruane, who are...
Sheep
May is generally a time when a lot of first-cut silage is saved. However, the weather has succeeded at putting...
Beef Technical
The preparation for first-cut silage is beginning on some farms. It is important that, with the rising costs of getting...
Dairy Technical
Actions and decisions made now will determine the quality and quantity of silage in next year’s pit and bales. As...
Grass
Silage can never be as high a quality of forage as the grass from which it was initially made. and...
Beef
As farmers make their way through pits of silage up and down the country, it might be no harm to...
Dairy
The persistent poor weather conditions, which have made grazing conditions challenging, have resulted in many farmers feeding silage for longer...
Dairy
The end of the grazing season is fast approaching and, with that, comes the start of introducing silage to the...
Grass
Producing high dry matter digestibility (DMD) silage is the objective on dairy farms across the country and good grazing management...
Beef
Calving may seem like a long way away for spring-calving suckler herds, but winter management is key to the success...